Thursday, October 29, 2009

Uncamouflaged

The chameleon trapezed its way
it's tail tightly coiled
around the traffic's slipstream
across the blacktop - uncamouflaged - slow

a flushing leaf living green
unlike our wine red car
not diesel smoke stained
like the scarred lorries

nor a blur of colour
like the buses,
into the roadside foliage, alive
the chameleon trapezed its way.
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3 comments:

  1. priti aisolaOctober 30, 2009 at 6:06 AM

    Trapezed - singular, this desripction of a chameleon's movement.A sharply clear alive image juxtaposed against the 'scarred' and the 'blurred' vehicles. I am not sure I got the last stanza.

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  2. Anand VishwanadhaOctober 31, 2009 at 12:46 AM

    Thanks Priti, I wasn't very happy with the last stanza either - rewrote it - I like it now, do let me know what you feel.

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  3. priti aisolaOctober 31, 2009 at 3:32 AM

    Yes, that's better ... clearer.

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